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In response to "Making college decisions a family decision -- (link)" by ty97

"if you live close enough and come home to get your laundry done and hang out on the weekends with your old high school friends, you�re not really....

Posted by CrankYanker Apr 4 '12, 09:42

taking advantage of the college experience"

People should be more concerned with education instead of the "party" aspect of college.

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it's not just partying. for real. -- nm - loosilu Apr 4, 09:45 13
- Well, anything other than the education experience should have already been taught at home, i.e. independence, responsibility, time-management, etc. -- nm - CrankYanker Apr 4, 09:47 12
  - This is 100% false. Yeah I partied, but living at college was the best decision I've ever made. The life lessons you learn are unbelievable. - MDH Apr 4, 10:09
  - My current slacker roommate didn't know any of those -- nm - ceregon Apr 4, 09:53
  - how do you teach independence at home? -- nm - loosilu Apr 4, 09:49 7
    - By making them *WORK*, dammit! -- nm - con_carne Apr 4, 10:00
    - You can teach a sort of pre-independence, where the kid does their own laundry, money management, some cooking, some cleaning, etc. -- nm - mara Apr 4, 09:50 5
      - that's a bit different - znufrii Apr 4, 09:55
      - True. But until someone really lives on their own, they don't know real independence. -- nm - ty97 Apr 4, 09:53 1
        
        *adds to sentences that will make people hate you list* -- nm - con_carne Apr 4, 09:56
      - realistically, most do not do that. -- nm - loosilu Apr 4, 09:51 1
        
        Sure, but it's not invalid to say that it should be. -- nm - mara Apr 4, 10:04
  - disagree that that's even possible while living at home, by definition. - znufrii Apr 4, 09:48 1
    - This is true. I'm just saying you shouldn't go to college to learn independence; you should go to obtain a degree. Learn to be independent when it's - CrankYanker Apr 4, 10:01

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